Don't like telling people I'm pregnant

Anyone else feel awkward telling people you're pregnant? I was supposed to tell my girlfriends at our monthly dinner last night but I just couldn't do it. It just feels weird to me to say "so by the way, I'm pregnant". I really need to tell my work soon but I'm just dreading it.

I also need to tell my best friend who has been trying over a year to get pregnant and don't want to upset her. She lives far away so I can't tell her in person anyway.

I went through the same thing with my first pregnancy too. Anyone have suggestions how to make it less awkward? Am I the only one that feels like this?

Comments (56)

Nope. Lol I'm the same exact way. I just wrote my boss a note. It's just so awkward to randomly bring it up...to tell everyone else I just told my 5 year old brother in law. :) I knew he'd get the word around.

I know exactly how you feel. We haven't told anyone except my parents and my 2 sisters because they are all helping us out while I'm on bed rest. A girlfriend just texted me that she's pregnant (6 weeks behind me) and I couldn't bring myself to tell her even. I talked to another close friend who has had a terrible time (fiancé passed away a few years ago) and I absolutely didn't tell her -- she would love to be married & having babies and I know it's hard to hear about everyone's good news when things are so difficult for her. I think that makes you a good friend for caring and says nothing about the state of your friendship (as pp suggested) -- it's called empathy to think about others situations and not just your own happiness.

I also feel like if I tell the world then something bad might happen so it's a defense mechanism. Eventually they'll all know. I'm in no rush to announce it.

I'd rather not tell people who aren't close. I'm having twins so I get a lot of questions like, "Twins?? OMG!! What are you going to do?!" (What do you think I'm going to do? Keep them caged?) "Do twins run in your family or was it IVF??" (No, alien abduction.) I'd rather just not go there.

My best friend has been trying for 4 years to get preggo and I totally hated telling her. However she would have been so mad at me if I kept it a secret. She was shocked when I told her and didn't say much but a couple days later she was so excited for us. I was so glad that she can share in our joy and was perfectly fine about her reaction.

Now I lost a baby at 18 weeks in 2012 and I have had a hard time telling people this time around. I will be 17 weeks tomorrow and eveything seems to be going great. I just sent an email to my family and we told our parents. I always feel weird being like oh and by the way I am pregnant.

Haha, yes! I feel the exact same way. I've managed to tell most people at this point, so I only have a couple more who need to be told one-on-one. Everyone else can find out via mass Facebook post. ;-) For some reason I just get super awkward and flustered whenever I tell people. Once the news is out, I'm fine, but throwing it out there feels so weird!!! You're definitely not alone.

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